Family escapes house fire ignited by rags

A Carmel Valley family of four suffered smoke inhalation as they escaped an early morning fire in their home Tuesday, San Diego fire dispatcher said.

Investigators determined that work rags left under a bench inside the house possibly spontaneously ignited into a blaze that caused an estimated $75,000 in damage.

The fire was reported about midnight at the two-story house on Savona Place off Glencliff Way. Firefighters saw flames and smoke pouring out of an upper bedroom window and the living room, the fire dispatcher said.

They had most of the fire out in about 25 minutes, the dispatcher said. Paramedics took two children and their parents to UC San Diego Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation.